From House To Home

The Simple Home: The Luxury of Enough

By Sarah Nettleton, AIA, and Frank Edgerton Martin (Taunton, $40.00)

Simplicity is something many of us crave in the over-busy world we live in today. The Simple Home shows us how to maintain economic and environmental responsibility, while building a peaceful, soulful sanctuary for ourselves.

The Healthy Home Handbook Eco-Friendly Design

By Alan Berman (Frances Lincoln, $24.95)

Want to “green up” your home’s interiors, but don’t know where to start? Here’s the definitive how-to book, guiding you through everything from choosing the most Earth-friendly interior surfaces to fabrics to paints and finishes.

Harmonious Environment Beautify, Detoxify & Energize Your Life, Your Home & Your Planet

By Norma Lehmeier Hartie (Lingham Press, $19.95)

Here’s one of the most eclectic but comprehensive collections of ways to clean, energize, and enliven your home (and life!) that we’ve seen. It’s sure to give you at least one new idea to try--very likely dozens.

Contemporary Design in Detail: Sustainable Environments

By Yenna Chan and Alicia Kennedy (Rockport, $50.00)

Imagine having expert sustainable-design advice from a group of the world’s most respected architects--for way under the tens of thousands it would normally cost. Here it is, in Contemporary Design in Detail.

How to Live in Small Spaces Design, Furnishing, Decoration, and Detail for the Smaller Home

By Terence Conran (Firefly, $29.95)

Sometimes one of the nicest things we can do for the environment is take up less space on the planet. Here’s a book that shows us how to live smaller without sacrificing a single inch of style.

The Green Self-Build Book How to Design and Build Your Own Eco-Home

By Jon Broome (Chelsea Green, $40.00)

Searching for eco-friendly techniques to build an Earth-friendly dream home? Author Jon Broome gives an eminently readable--and enjoyable--cruise through all of the methods needed to build a stunning, yet sustainable, haven.